Reading encourages children’s imaginations to grow, and opens their world view to include new people, places, circumstances and opportunities. Reading books about difficult topics, such as limb differences or limb loss difference, is a safe and impactful way to introduce children to the concept. Books like these will help children with limb difference or limb loss build greater self-esteem as they can relate to characters that “look like me or are different like me.” They will be encouraged to talk openly about their limb difference and answer questions from friends.
You might know it as the day you get to dress up as your favourite story character and engage in fun book-related activities in primary school. Sure, playing outside dressed as Augustus Gloop would be fun for anyone but the reason World Book Day was started has a much deeper meaning.
It's Children's Mental Health Week! Did you know? One in six children aged five to 16 were identified as having a probable mental health problem in July 2020, a huge increase from one in nine in 2017. That’s five children in every classroom. Adults who experienced four or more adversities in their childhood are four times more likely to have low levels of mental wellbeing and life satisfaction (Youngminds.org). Books have been used by many, consciously or not, as a form of therapeutic relief. We've come up with a list of 10 feel good fiction books that may help provide the escapism a middle grader or young adult may need to provide respite for the real world.
As you may know, our passion is to help improve literacy outcomes by promoting reading for pleasure, creative writing and diversity awareness. So, it gives us immense pleasure to be able to share the creative process of coming up with our short stories on the Let's Localise platform which aims to get local communities and businesses supporting schools and pupils with time, experience, resources and money!
Navigating through life as a young adult can be challenging and daunting. Teenagers face school, exams, relationships, friendships, raging hormones and growing up all at once. There are so many new and unfamiliar situations we face all deemed to be 'part of growing up'. If you are feel unmotivated, uninspired or a little bit confused by life, we hope we can help. Here are the top five motivational books we have found that we recommend for tweens, teens and young adults.
